Reports said Mojtaba Khamenei, who was elected Iran's supreme leader to succeed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after U.S. and Israeli airstrikes killed him, was injured a day after his selection.
On the 9th (local time), Iranian state television referred to Mojtaba as a "Ramadan janbaz," in a report that appeared to imply he was wounded in the ongoing war. Janbaz means a wounded war veteran in Persian. The Associated Press also reported without specifics that Mojtaba was hurt.
That day, Iran's Assembly of Experts said it had elected Mojtaba, the second son of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as the next supreme leader. On this, U.S. President Donald Trump said, "This is a big mistake by Iran," adding, "I don't know if it will last."
Some speculated that U.S. and Israeli forces may be launching an operation to oust two generations of Iran's supreme leaders. President Trump also delivered hard-line remarks that "everyone who seems to want to become a leader in Iran ultimately meets death," and on the 5th said, "Khamenei's son is unacceptable." Mojtaba has not appeared in public since the start of U.S. and Israeli military operations late last month.